Early Childhood Special Education and Assistive Technology Blog

EC-SEAT Scholar graduate Chelsea Emery, M.Ed shared an update about her work at Fisk Elementary School in Salem, NH. Watch the video to learn more about their work including children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in school and the classroom. YouTube Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2blHllwF1FI School Website - http://sau57.org/fisk

Digital Accessibility Webinar Series from the Assistive Technology in New Hampshire - ATinNH.org  Creating Accessible Outreach and Dissemination (Presentations/Social Media) : As more and more of the work we do is done online, presented online, and disseminated online, it becomes our job and responsibility as content creators, digital marketers, and presenters to ensure that the great work we do is accessible to all people regardless of ability. Read more on this Flyer

By: Carrie Portrie , M.Ed I was recently introduced to the Joan Ganz Cooney Center website by a colleague. One recent post was titled -  "These Are The Digital Playgrounds Where Tomorrow’s Global Citizens Can Build Social Skills" by Jordan Shapiro Available on the Joan Ganz Cooney Center Website.  This blog outlines and provides a downloadable PDF of  Digital Play for Global Citizens .  Jordan Shapiro leads educators, youth development leaders, and parents through a vast landscape of digital resources – some of which may already be familiar tools – and suggests some innovative ways to nurture our young learners into macro-minded citizens. With the guidance of the adults around them,  Digital Play for Global Citizens  highlights some ways that children can use digital tools to engage more deeply with the ideas that will help prepare them to thrive in a world of unforeseen challenges. We live in a society filled with technology and resources th...

By: Ryan Keefe, EC-SEAT Scholar I based these adaptations primarily off of what could easily help a family in need. As a paraprofessional, I have worked with many families who have little available to them. These adaptations, are easy "do it yourself" (DIY) remedies to issues that may be found when using an iPad or other tablet at home, school, or in the community. This is your basic under the carpet runner that you use under a carpet on a hardwood floor. You can find it at many local hardware or drug stores. Low and behold it can also work as a great no-slip mat for a tablet that does not have a case. This can often be an item lying around the house after laying down a new carpet, but it can also help with using as a placemat for an tablet. When the tablet is set on the mat a child is able to swipe and use the tablet without it slipping around on the surface it is placed on, which can also keep it from falling to the floor and suffering a fatal blow. Often a ch...